pl99_data: A data.frame containing place name information used by the...

In satscanMapper: 'SaTScan' (TM) Results Mapper

A data.frame containing place name information used by the county and census tract data levels when creating the detailed run report in the satscanMapper package.

Description

Contains the place name information table to support the text report on county and census tract place names.

Usage

data(pl99_data)

Format

The pl99_data data.frame contains:

row.names

- character - a search key containing the county 5 digit fips code and the place name within the county.

stcoID

- character - 5 digit state/county FIPS code containing the place name.

plName

- character - the place name.

tracts_00

- integer - the number of census tracts in the county in census year 2000.

tracts_10

- integer - the number of census tracts in the county in census year 2010.

/br The place name index contains the information for all counties and census tracts. /br The data used to provide place names for the census tracts are derived the Missouri Census Data Center correlation tables, the HUD.gov Census Tract to ZipCode crossover tables for 2000 and 2010, and the USPS.gov zip code database for the 2000 and 2010 census years. Additional place name information was provided by NCI and via location research in the Internet.

Source

CENSUS.GOV web site (boundary data), HUD.gov Census Tract to ZipCode crossover table, USPS Zip code database (1999), and R MAPS package (state and county names) for the U. S. 2000 Census.

satscanMapper documentation built on Aug. 25, 2022, 9:09 a.m.